The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 would permit abortion up to delivery, but only when medical professionals determine an abortion is necessary to save the life or the health of the parent. Such situations are a tiny fraction of all abortions.
into pregnancy. It adds that states could restrict health care providers from providing abortions after fetal viability, but only"when, in the good-faith medical judgment of the treating health care provider, continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the pregnant patient’s life or health.". Miller-Meeks joined all of her fellow Republicans and one Democrat — Rep. Henry Cueller of Texas — voting against the bill.
Miller-Meeks spoke during a July 15 House debate on the bill, in which several other Republicans — though not Miller-Meeks —Miller-Meeks said legalizing abortion should be left up to states"while recognizing the sanctity of life. This concept is so novel and repugnant to the Democrats that they would put forward a radical and extreme abortion bill that would permit abortion even up until birth for any reason.
A reading of the bill shows that H.R. 8296 permits abortion up until delivery, but only if it is deemed necessary to protect the life of the patient. It does not explicitly require states to keep the procedure legal in all cases past the point of fetal viability."If a 10-year-old became pregnant as a result of rape and it was threatening her life, then that’s not an abortion.
Miller-Meeks’ newsletter comment has a point that the bill"would permit abortion up until delivery." However, she glosses over a crucial qualifier: The bill would allow such abortions only under extreme circumstances, in which medical professionals determine that the mother’s life or health is at risk.
It’s worth noting that late-term abortions — the kind that would need to be approved under these circumstances — are
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